Can't read the article (broken link), but this headline is a joke. BYU is
"ready" to join a P5 conference? That makes it sound like BYU has P5
conference breaking down their door to join but they're holding out. The
reality is BYU's not in a P5 conference because they're not getting
offered to join. Exclusion is not BYU's choice, it's the
conferences' choice.

As much as aggie fans and other WAC fans want
to pretend byu wouldn't be the #1 program in the MWC, the truth is they
would. BYU would be the most prize of that conference. BYU would bring more
money to that conference than any other team, and likely more than several other
teams combined.

But the funny thing is even knowing those facts, the
WAC fans still don't want byu to join.

I like independence - but I would love to see the Cougars in the Big12.

I want to see all sports there too - basketball would be as fun as
football - especially with what Coach Rose is bringing in.

And before
all our favorite Ute fans start commenting about nonsense - please answer me
this: why would BYU not be as worthy a member of any of the power conferences as
anyone else is - especially if the Utes are worthy of the PAC?

Teams
will continue to play BYU from the ACC/SEC because of the exposure it brings
their teams - playing on ESPN every week is a beautiful thing, regardless of who
you are!

It never ceases to amaze me that the first comments on a BYU article are from
Utah fans just chomping at the bit to get any dagger in they can. That being
said I'm glad BYU is finally realizing the importance of being in a P5
conference as that is the future of where college football is going. I'm not panicking by any means but hope they can get in within the next
few years. I also hope they continue to schedule teams from the P5 because we
need to actually show that we belong and not rely on tradition. I think
the future of BYU football is bright, despite what any supposed "Ute
Fans" may say. I'm sure it'll just eat them alive should the
invitation eventually come from the PAC 12. I honestly don't care what P5
conference it is as long as we're in one. The future of BYU football
is bright just need to weather the storm. And for those of you worrying about
the NCAA violations, I'm sure it'll be less drastic than the 99
violations the U reported a while ago.

I love ute fans who say making fun of BYU and the Mountain West (mocked by ute
fans as the WAC). Where did Utah come from?

Besides, you really
think Utah has anything to brag about? Utah is the laughing stock of the PAC-12.
I love talking with all my ASU friends about the football season. No one
mentions Utah as anything anyone is looking forward to watch and is often
referred to as "the unofficial bye week".

Utah drains the
Power from the Power 5. Utah is on par with the Kansas and Iowa State's of
the College Football World.

The biggest question for BYU joining the Big 12 is not Sunday play like so many
have discussed but rather is the BYU brand worth the $20M eachschool in the Big
12 is getting. If so that would allow them to renegotiate with ESPN and Fox for
the additional revenue to bring BYU into the fold. If BYU is only worth $5M
then why would they bring in the extra school.

I do believe BYU is
undervalued in their current contract given their TV ratings. They certainly
draw much more than the low tiered teams of any Big 5 conferance, to include the
vaunted Utes. Their basketball program is solida and a quality product as well.
I'm not sure if they are a $20M program but I'm also pretty confident
saying Utah is not a $20M program either.

In the end I believe the
Big 12 will be pressured to add a championship game and possible expand to 14-16
teams. The PAC-12 will also likely face similiar pressure in the future and we
will end up with the Big 5 conferances having 14-16 teams a piece. This should
get BYU in the door at some point as well as a few other deserving programs.

The poor ute fans have to post here. As there is no where else really for them
to post. As we and they know. The media has all but forgotten about the ute
football program. The national media does not discuss them, the PAC hardly gives
them a footnote and the local media coverage on the utes is very low. Even the
Aggies get more press than they do. So what is a poor ute fan who wants to chat
suppose to do?

I like your analysis. If the P5 decides to expand to 16 teams
each, I would think BYU would be in the mix. Still BYU will have to give
something up and that most likely would be their right to televise their own
home games on BYUtv on a delayed basis. With 70% of the LDS community living
outside of Utah, I can understand the reluctance to give that up. Meanwhile with
the mess Texas create with the Longhorn Network I understand the other side too.
It may take some real creativity to find a middle ground on that one.

"Is that why your entire comment is about Utah and the PAC
12, on the day when the spotlight is supposed to by on byu?"

Only
because the BYU haters beat everyone to the article, as usual. If the BYU haters
weren't on here so fast and so frequent, I wouldn't post a reminder
about how unimpressive Utah is to help my ute friends not to bash BYU. Besides,
your "lol." comment put the spotlight on the Utah football program. BYU
has actually enjoyed winning seasons. That's not funny ha ha, that's
just cool. Two straight bowless seasons...now that's funny.

Well that's just as
well, seeing as how I don't think the MWC was interested in expanding
beyond 12-teams anyway. And even if they were, there seems to be too many MWC
teams who wouldn't approve of their petition to join anyway. Remember, the
MWC requires a 75% approval rate, and with schools like SDSU, Wyo, CSU, and UNM
as most likely "nay" votes, the only other way for the cougars to get in
would be if the MWC first expanded to 16 teams, THEN invite them, and hope that
schools like Hawai'i and/or UNLV don't block them also. But then the
MWC would balloon to 17-18 teams. I think that's too big.

It does not seem to matter WHEN the articles are
posted. Chris B. with one of his dozen monkiers almost always dominates the
first four to six posts on everything BYU related. The guy eats, drinks and
breathes BYU football like no other.

It also hurts that the Utes
rarely have articles written about their program. I enjoy the ones that do get
posted, but that happens so infrequently. Utah needs to try to build a public
relations department and do something to get noticed now that they have joined
the PAC. I am on vacation in Cali and I still have yet to see a PAC12 sticker.

Besides, you really think Utah has anything to brag
about? Utah is the laughing stock of the PAC-12. I love talking with all my ASU
friends about the football season. No one mentions Utah as anything anyone is
looking forward to watch and is often referred to as "the unofficial bye
week".

What have I been saying ever since the investigation into improper benefits
began? I have said the violations would be pretty minor, because BYU as a
collective organization does things the right way, even though some individuals
like Duane Busby may break those rules. I predicted that BYU would catch these
violations early and self-report before anything got out of hand.

And
what did all the ute fans say? "Your looking through blue-goggles, you have
no evidence for this, BYU's athletic program is going to be shut down
forever from these violations, etc."

That was hilarious. Maybe
the ute fans should check their red goggles before they tell me to clean my blue
goggles. BYU fans once again proved to be more objective while ute fans proved
to be more biased.

Mark it down, when the NCAA responds to BYU, they
will hand down very few, if any, punishments.

People still talk about the Big 5 expanding to 16 teams each. If anything, the
recent news coming from Big 5 conferences would suggest that they are looking
for ways to cutoff further additions to the Big 5 to eliminate diluting the
money pot for the current members. There are currently 62 members of the Big 5,
plus Notre Dame. I am wondering whether there might be a new Big 5 division of
college football with only the current 63 members (with perhaps one addition to
make it 64). Thus any realignment might only be to balance out the existing
members as the Big 5 see fit -- say 4 conferences of 16 teams each, or 2 of 12
each and 2 of 14 each.

The Big 12 seems pretty happy to remain at 10 and avoid a championship game.
While a championship game brings in a great amount of revenue, a championship
often harms the conference when the underdog wins. Don't hold your breath
for them to add two teams any time soon.